Greater

American  

[grey-ter] / ˈgreɪ tər /

adjective

1. designating a city or country and its adjacent area.

   Greater New York; Greater Los Angeles.

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Greater British  

/ ˈɡreɪtə /

adjective

1. (of a city) considered with the inclusion of the outer suburbs

   Greater London

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Etymology

Origin of Greater

First recorded in 1570–80; great + -er ⁴

Example Sentences

Dr Luccioni calls for greater transparency from AI companies regarding how much energy their various products consume.

From BBC

Greater global supply has translated into better-stocked markets and lower prices for traditional U.S. bulk exports.

From Barron's

The present system gives car makers too much credit for improvements to already-thrifty cars and not enough for improvements that would actually have a greater effect.

From The Wall Street Journal

There are already laws on the books that cover these sorts of thefts and any potential greater conspiracies that might be involved in them.

From Slate

"They're shifting from self-investment toward a distributed workforce, resulting in more complex societies. It's a pattern that echoes the evolution of multicellularity, where cooperative units can be individually simpler than a solitary cell, yet collectively capable of far greater complexity."

From Science Daily